AuditableBeanWrapper.java

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package org.springframework.data.auditing;

import java.time.temporal.TemporalAccessor;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Interface to abstract the ways setting the auditing information can be implemented.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @since 1.5
 */
public interface AuditableBeanWrapper {

	/**
	 * Set the creator of the object.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 */
	Object setCreatedBy(Object value);

	/**
	 * Set the date the object was created.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 */
	TemporalAccessor setCreatedDate(TemporalAccessor value);

	/**
	 * Set the last modifier of the object.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 */
	Object setLastModifiedBy(Object value);

	/**
	 * Returns the date of the last modification date of the backing bean.
	 * 
	 * @return the date of the last modification.
	 * @since 1.10
	 */
	Optional<TemporalAccessor> getLastModifiedDate();

	/**
	 * Set the last modification date.
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 */
	TemporalAccessor setLastModifiedDate(TemporalAccessor value);
}